New Delhi, Sept. 1 -- Heightened worries over Trump tariffs, sustained selling by foreign institutional investors (FIIs), and stretched valuations amid weak earnings dragged the Indian stock market benchmarks, the Sensex and the Nifty 50, lower for the second consecutive month in August.

The Sensex lost 1.7 per cent last month after a nearly 3 per cent cut in July. The Nifty ended the month with a loss of 1.4 per cent after a 3 per cent fall in the previous month.

On Monday, September 1, both key indices rose over half a per cent each during the session, as investors' risk appetite improved on strong macro data. India's gross domestic product (GDP) grew at a solid pace of 7.8 per cent in the April-June quarter of FY26 (Q1FY26).

The dom...